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Science > Physics |
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"Dr. Jai Maharaj" |
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02 Mar 2005 06:31:23 PM |
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CORN-BASED ETHANOL TO FUEL INDY 500 |
Corn-Based Ethanol to Fuel Indy 500
By Libby Quaid
Associated Press
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis 500 will soon become
Ethanol Alley: The Indy Racing League is switching from
methanol to a new mixture relying on corn-derived
ethanol. The league's IndyCar Series will start using
ethanol next year, the league said Wednesday.
It's a small market for ethanol, involving 160,000
gallons out of 3.5 billion produced each year. But it's a
big symbolic gesture meant to counter perceptions that
ethanol doesn't perform as well as gasoline or other
fuels.
"It's a performance fuel that's going to go around the
track at 220 miles an hour," said Dave Vander Griend,
president of ICM Inc., a Kansas company that builds
ethanol plants.
The corn and ethanol industries have influential
supporters who pushed to get the grain alcohol into race
cars.
"This sport is so popular, and so many people follow it,"
said Missouri GOP Sen. Jim Talent, one of several
Midwesterners who lobbied for ethanol's use. "This makes
a statement to the whole world that ethanol is a high-
performance fuel, so people who claim you're going to
lose something are not correct."
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Posted on 3/02/2005 4:15:23 PM PST by Crackingham
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| User: "Dave Gower" |
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| Title: Re: CORN-BASED ETHANOL TO FUEL INDY 500 |
03 Mar 2005 10:04:40 AM |
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"Dr. Jai Maharaj" <usenet@mantra.com> quoted second-hand
,,,The Indy Racing League is switching from
methanol to a new mixture relying on corn-derived
ethanol.
Well since ethanol has a slightly higher energy density than methanol, but
similar characteristics otherwise, it's not surprising that it would work as
well for this application. But if the implication is that it is therefore a
good substitute for gasoline and diesel in regular vehicles, that would be
wrong. It still suffers from high production cost, water contamination,
lower heat content (compensated for in racing by higher fuel consumption,
but resulting in lower economy in street vehicles) and poor cold-start
performance.
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| User: "toxie" |
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| Title: Re: CORN-BASED ETHANOL TO FUEL INDY 500 |
03 Mar 2005 10:36:50 AM |
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"Dave Gower" <davegow.removethis@magma.ca> wrote in message
news:sbydnaZ8drYDqLrfRVn-jA@magma.ca...
"Dr. Jai Maharaj" <usenet@mantra.com> quoted second-hand
,,,The Indy Racing League is switching from
methanol to a new mixture relying on corn-derived
ethanol.
Well since ethanol has a slightly higher energy density than methanol, but
similar characteristics otherwise, it's not surprising that it would work
as
well for this application. But if the implication is that it is therefore
a
good substitute for gasoline and diesel in regular vehicles, that would be
wrong. It still suffers from high production cost, water contamination,
lower heat content (compensated for in racing by higher fuel consumption,
but resulting in lower economy in street vehicles) and poor cold-start
performance.
Ethanol provides oxygen as well to the fuel mix, good.
But is highly corrosive to seals, rubber, sensors etc. which ruins the
pollution controls, very bad.
"Dr. Jai Maharaj" and crowd are stuck in failed 1970's technologies.
The should go to the library and read up.
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